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Individaul Accounts for Social Security Reform : International Perspectives on the U.S. Debate / by Turner, John A. (John Andrew), 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Individual accounts and social security reform -- Introduction to individual accounts -- Individual accounts in social security reform : the debate -- Agency risk and the management of individual account investments by corporations and mutual funds -- Individual management risk -- Labor market issues -- Benefits and taxes -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix A : Dealing with financial market risks : guarantees in individual accounts -- Appendix B : Labor market distortions due to contribution evasion and avoidance.…”
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Agricultural economics / by Drummond, H. Evan (Harold Evan), 1943-

Table of Contents: “…The food industry -- Introduction to agricultural economics -- Introduction to market price determination -- The firm as a production unit -- Costs and optimal output levels -- Supply, market adjustments, and input demand -- Imperfect competition and government regulation -- The theory of consumer behavior -- The concept of elasticity -- Money and financial intermediaries -- The circular flow of income -- Monetary policy -- Fiscal policy -- International trade -- Agricultural policy -- Food marketing : from stable to table -- Futures markets -- Financial markets -- Investment analysis -- Farm service sector -- The economics of market failure -- The Malthusian dilemma -- Economic development and food.…”

Greening the Financial Sector How to Mainstream Environmental Finance in Developing Countries /

Table of Contents: “…Mainstreaming Environmental Finance into Financial Markets - Relevance, Potential and Obstacles -- Mainstreaming Framework Conditions for Environmental Finance - The Role of the Public Sector -- Mainstreaming Environmental Finance Markets (I) - Small-Scale Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Finance -- The Roles of Wheather Insurance and the Carbon Market -- Mainstreaming Impact Over Time - Who Measures What for Whom? …”
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Governance and investment of public pension assets practitioners' perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Summary and key messages -- Key principles of governance and investment management -- Governance of public pension assets -- Governance structures and accountabilities -- Qualification, selection, and operation of governing bodies -- Operational policies and procedures -- Managing fiscal pressures in defined-benefit schemes -- Policy responses to turbulent financial markets -- Investment of public pension assets -- Defining the investment policy framework for public pension funds -- Managing risk for different cohorts in defined contribution schemes -- An asset-liability approach to strategic asset allocation for pension funds -- In-house investment versus outsourcing to external investment managers -- International investments and managing the resulting currency risk -- Alternative asset classes and new investment themes.…”
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Institutional microeconomics of development

Table of Contents: “…Institutional economics of development : some general reflections / Pranab Bardhan -- Spontaneous markets, networks, and social capital : lessons from Africa / Marcel Fafchamps -- Financial markets and conflict in the developing world / Eliana La Ferrara -- Liberalization meets investment climate / Robin Burgess -- Local democracy and ethnic diversity : a review, a new framework, and some evidence from Indonesian villages / Oriana Bandiera and Gilat Levy -- Local accountability improves health services / Martina Björkman, Ritva Reinikka, and Jakob Svensson -- Extended family networks in rural Mexico : a descriptive analysis / Manuela Angelucci ... …”
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Derivatives, risk management & value by Bellalah, Mondher

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Financial markets and financial instruments : basic concepts and strategies -- pt. 2. …”
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Why the world economy needs a financial crash and other critical essays on finance and financial economics by Toporowski, Jan

Table of Contents: “…the role of financial innovation -- The inflation of goodwill -- Leverage and balance sheet inflation -- Inflation in financial markets -- Asset inflation and deflation -- The culture of financial inflation -- Twentieth-century finance theory : the frauds of economic innocence (in memoriam J. …”
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Quality management and operations research : understanding and implementing the nonparametric Bayesian approach / by Faghih, Nezameddin, Bonyadi, Ebrahim, Sarreshtehdari, Lida

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The economics of central banking / by Stracca, Livio, 1970-

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The Taylor rule and the transformation of monetary policy

Table of Contents: “…Bernanke -- The view from inside the Fed / Janet Yellen -- The view from inside the European Central Bank / Otmar Issing -- The view from central banks in emerging markets / Guillermo Ortiz -- A view from the financial markets / John P. Lipsky.…”
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The Arab economies in a changing world by Noland, Marcus, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Oil rents, aid, and remittances. Financial market development. Explanations of limited globalization. …”
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Enlarging the Euro area external empowerment and domestic transformation in East Central Europe /

Table of Contents: “…Patterns of sectoral governance. Financial market governance : evolution and convergence / Piroska Mohácsi Nagy -- EMU and fiscal policy / Vesselin Dimitrov -- EMU and welfare state adjustment in Central and Eastern Europe / Martin Rhodes and Maarten Keune -- Domestic transformation, strategic options and 'soft' power in Euro Area accession / Kenneth Dyson.…”
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Pathwise estimation and inference for diffusion market models / by Dokuchaev, Nikolai, Hin, Lin Yee

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Economic evolution and revolution in historical time

Table of Contents: “…Indian policy in light of Australian policy toward aboriginal peoples / Leonard A. Carlson -- Financial market and industry structure : a comparison of the banking and textile industries in Boston and Philadelphia in the early nineteenth century / Ta-Chen Wang -- Railroads and the rise of the factory : evidence for the United States, 1850-1870 / Jeremy Atack, Michael Haines, and Robert A. …”
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Finance : applications & theory / by Cornett, Marcia Millon

Table of Contents: “…: introduction -- Introduction to financial management -- Financial statements -- Reviewing financial statements -- Analyzing financial statements -- Valuing of future cash flows -- Time value of money -- Analyzing single cash flows -- Time value of money Analyzing annuity cash flows -- Valuing of bonds and stocks -- Understanding financial markets and institutions -- Valuing bonds -- Valuing stocks -- Risk and return -- Characterizing risk and return -- Estimating risk and return -- Capital budgeting -- Calculating the cost of capital -- Estimating cash flows on capital budgeting projects -- Weighing net present value and other capital budgeting criteria -- Working capital management and financial planning -- Working capital management and policies -- Financial planning and forecasting -- Capital structure issues -- Assessing long-term debt, equity, and capital structure -- Sharing firm wealth: dividends, share repurchases, and other payouts -- Issuing capital and the investment banking process -- Other topics in finance -- International corporate finance -- Mergers and acquisitions and financial distress -- Answers to time-out -- Appendix A: Present value and future value tables -- Appendix B: Selected answers to end-of-chapter problems -- Index.…”

The known, the unknown, and the unknowable in financial risk management measurement and theory advancing practice /

Table of Contents: “…Engle -- Crisis and noncrisis risk in financial markets : a unified approach to risk management / Robert H. …”
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Social neuroeconomics : mechanistic integration of the neurosciences and the social sciences /

Table of Contents: “…The Application of Descriptive Theories of Human Cognition and Decision Making in Policy Making and Regulation / Mareike Kuehne -- Neuroscience of autonomy and paternalistic policies / Jaakko Kuorikoski, Samuli Reijula and Susanne Uusitalo -- Social updating: An intuitionist approach to explaining decision-making under risk and uncertainty / Lea Diederichsen -- Scopic systems and decision-making in financial markets / Alex Preda and Roland Gemayel.…”
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Learning from the global financial crisis creatively, reliably, and sustainably /

Table of Contents: “…/ Tony Tinker and Aida Sy -- The normative foundation of finance : how misunderstanding the function of models distorts the way we think about the efficiency of financial markets / Andreas Georg Scherer and Emilio Marti -- A multi-level, multi-systems approach to sustainable finance / Mark Starik -- The global financial crisis : lessons from India / Murali Murti and N.V.Krishna.…”
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Corporate governance and the global financial crisis international perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…/ Blanaid Clarke -- Information asymmetry and information failure : disclosure problems in complex financial markets / Steven L. Schwarcz -- Finance, governance and management : lessons to be learned from the current crisis / Roland Perez -- A review of corporate governance in UK banks and other financial industry entities : the role of institutional shareholders / Robert A. …”
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